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CRH PLC (CRH) vs Eagle Materials Inc (EXP)

CRH PLC and Eagle Materials Inc are both Building Materials companies. CRH PLC is the larger, with a market value of $54.8B against $5.2B — 10.5× the size. Eagle Materials Inc trades at the lower P/E: 13.4× against 14.6×. CRH PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.29% against 1.68%. Eagle Materials Inc has the higher net margin (17.3% vs 9.88%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.6% vs 8.37%). Both pay a dividend; CRH PLC yields more (1.84% vs 0.59%). Across the 23 metrics below, CRH PLC leads on 14 and Eagle Materials Inc on 9.

Valuation

Metric CRH EXP Building Materials median
P/E 14.65 13.39 17.42
P/S 1.44 2.26 1.63
P/B 2.22 3.54 2.18
Price to free cash flow 17.93 30.84 28.70
EV/EBITDA 9.26 9.37 9.23
EV/Sales 1.83 2.92 1.90
Earnings yield 6.83% 7.47% 4.89%
Free cash flow yield 5.58% 3.24% 3.13%

Profitability

Metric CRH EXP Building Materials median
Gross margin 36.25% 27.02% 27.27%
Operating margin 13.85% 24.03% 13.85%
Net margin 9.88% 17.32% 9.59%
Free cash flow margin 8.06% 7.33% 8.06%
Return on equity 15.78% 27.03% 9.62%
Return on assets 6.78% 11.02% 5.86%
Return on invested capital 8.37% 11.60% 6.03%

Growth

Metric CRH EXP Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.29% 1.68% 6.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.76% (4.43%) (0.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.30% 7.31% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 27.16% 4.54% 7.04%

Health

Metric CRH EXP Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.71 1.18 0.51
Current ratio 1.58 3.23 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 1.82 1.95 1.48

Dividend

Metric CRH EXP Building Materials median
Dividend yield 1.84% 0.59% 0.93%
Payout ratio 0.27 0.08 0.19

Size

Metric CRH EXP Building Materials median
Market cap 54.77b 5.23b 2.68b

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